The Light We Carry
by Michelle Obama
A follow-up to Becoming, organized around the tools she uses in uncertain times: starting small (knitting during the pandemic), her 'kitchen table' of friends, decoding fear, partnering well, and 'going high' examined honestly. It is more advice-oriented than her memoir, warm and practical.
Read it if…
you liked Becoming and want her practices rather than her story.
Skip it if…
you have not read Becoming; start there.
Three things you will actually use
- Start small when overwhelmed; hands before head.
- Build and tend your kitchen table.
- Fear is information, not instruction.
Do this first
Name your kitchen table: the few people you can call at any hour. Call one.
Our verdict
Warm, practical, companionable.
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